GEOG 1101 Lecture 2 Outline of Last Lecture I.What is Geography?II.Key themes III. Spatial Analysis IV. Regions V. Landscape VI. Place a. Functions of Place Outline of Current Lecture I. ScaleII. Territory III. Sovereignty IV. BoundariesV. GlobalizationVI. Laws of GeographyCurrent LectureScale Portioning of space within which certain processes play out World Scale - ex. Economy, climate change, etc. World regions- ex. Middle east, North America, Latin America. ex. Trade agreements, treaties National States- ex. Federal policies, national economy, US, Canada, China, etc. Human settlements- can include cities, towns, and communities and involves work play, and family Community: towns, villages Home: family base, culture Body: self, identity Territory Area claimed by or dependent on a sovereign power Geographic space of the state or nation Sovereignty Supreme power; self-governance Former colonies are not unusually formal culture regions These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.Struggle for sovereignty Boundaries Define limits of territory Important element of place making Create/reinforce spatial differentiation Constructed to regulate and control people and resources within them Control flow of people/resources into and out of a territory. Globalization Increasing interconnectedness through common processes of economic, environmental, political, and cultural change/ processes Shared culture, economy, etc. Laws of Geography 1. Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things Caveat: distance can be trumped by connectivity 2. What happens in one place is related to what happens in another place Places are
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